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Military experts note that after a long fascination with wheeled armored vehicles, there is again a significant interest in tracked IFVs in the world. Currently, several countries hold tenders for the selection of such equipment.

[b]The implementation of the Artemis and Lunar Gateway programs "will demonstrate the technical capabilities for a future human mission to Mars," according to an agreement between NASA and the Canadian Space Agency.]

The Canadian astronaut will become a member of the Artemis 2 program of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration( NASA), and Canada will also send a lunar rover to the Moon in the next five years. This was announced on Wednesday on Twitter by the Minister for Innovation, Science and Industry of the country Francois-Philippe Champagne.

On May 24, Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana announced the purchase of T-129B ATAK helicopters from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) as part of the new attack helicopter delivery program.

Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding (ADSB) announced the conclusion of a contract with the Ministry of Defense and the command of the UAE Navy worth 3.5 billion dirhams (about 952.8 million dollars) for the construction of four patrol ships of the Falaj-3 class (Falaj-3).

Indian defense exports in the 2020-2021 fiscal year have shown sufficient stability: the decline in the volume of exports of VIVT was insignificant during the most acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, as evidenced by recently updated data from the Ministry of Defense of the country.

The American company SpaceX has conducted 100 successful launches of the Falcon 9 heavy rocket in a row, according to Ars Technica. The publication notes that the last launch of the carrier took place on May 26, when the Starlink satellites were delivered to Earth orbit.

According to the MBDA group, the UK Ministry of Defense has signed a contract for the purchase of Sea Ceptor air defense systems, which will provide air defense for the new Type-31 class frigates of the country's Navy.

Upgraded small-sized automatic CP.The 3M is designed to hit targets protected by personal armor protection equipment, as well as unarmored equipment, the Rostec press service reported.

The joint communique adopted following the meeting of the Defense Ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in Siauliai (Lithuania) on May 21, 2021, among other things, contained a provision on studying the possibility of joint acquisition of multiple Launch Rocket Systems by the three countries in the period after 2025.

The Chinese side three times refused to accept a phone call from the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, who, in violation of protocol, requested a conversation not with the Minister of Defense, but with a higher-ranking official. This was reported on May 26 by the South China Morning Post, citing military sources.

Airbus has announced the delivery of the 100th BTA A-400M Atlas aircraft to the customer. The aircraft, designated MSN111, was transferred to the Spanish Air Force Command. It was the tenth A400M delivered by Airbus to this country.

The American company Lockheed Martin has rolled out the first military transport aircraft C-130J "Super Hercules", intended for the Algerian Air Force.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ratified the agreement between Russia and Kazakhstan on military cooperation, which was signed in Nur-Sultan on October 16, 2020.

The 4th International Conference on Humanitarian Demining and Countering Improvised Explosive Devices has opened in the Moscow region on the basis of the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center.

Earlier, the draft document proposed to take into account the opinion of the Federation Council

The director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia and his deputies will be appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Minister of Defense, not the Prime Minister.

The number of spacecraft serviced by the enterprise will increase from 45 to 482 from 2024 to 2035

The head scientific institute of Roscosmos-TsNIIMash assumes that the company's revenue from near-Earth space monitoring and satellite protection services on the international market by 2035 may amount to 1.2 billion rubles. This is stated in the materials of the institute, available to TASS.

Lockheed Martin Corporation announced the delivery of the first batch of PAC-3 MSE (Missile Segment Enhancement) interceptor missiles to Sweden as part of a contract signed in 2018 for the supply of Patriot air defense systems.

Five joint exercises will be held this fall by the military contingents of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the CSTO Joint Staff (OSH) said on Tuesday.

They plan to involve about 250 military personnel of the Indian Armed Forces and about 250 military personnel of the Southern Military District

International joint Russian-Indian tactical exercises "Indra-2021" will be held from August 1 to 15, 2021 at the Prudboy training ground in the Volgograd region, the press service of the Southern Military District reported.

The 16th round of Russian-Chinese consultations on strategic security issues was held in Moscow.

They were conducted by the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev and a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the head of the office of the CPC Central Committee Commission on Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi.